Not a huge update, but could use a little advice. Haven't had a lot of time for building, so the last two weeks have just been cleaning up the pickup cavities, routing a section for a battery box on the backside, and drilling holes to run wires. I also used a small piece of wood to fill the cavity just above the control plate, making a pick guard for this shape seems complicated and not totally necessary, so now I don't need one to cover any holes.
After doing all the items above, I started looking at the j bass control plate and don't particularly like the look without a pick guard, the shape just seems a little off. So I have been toying with the idea of using a tele plate instead with a five way switch and 3 knobs (VVT). All has been going fine until I got the 5 way switch in the mail...and of course it requires deeper routing in the cavity.
This lead me to the question, how thin is too thin for the body to be? If I stick with this course, the cavity would need to be routed to roughly 1.4 inches to fit the new switch. My concern is, the body is 1.65 inches thick, which would only leave .25 inches of wood under the switch. Being the accident prone individual I am, I'm convinced one day I'll bump that part of the body and punch a good sized hole in the body. Is that level of concern unnecessary for this case?
The other solution I found was possibly using one of these rotary switches instead. It would require less depth than the Oak Grigsby switch, I would only need to go down .15 inches instead. The problem is I have no experience with these, so would love some feedback if anyone on here has used these before. I'm just curious on the quality of something like this, and when switching positions, is it a smooth blend like a pot would be, or does it have defined positions that "click" in place, like a standard blade switch?
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Thank you in advance for any assistance!
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